No song, no supper.
More German Proverbs:
It is bad baking without flour and water.German
If you have no money, turn placeman! as the court fool said to his sovereign.
German
They must hunger in frost who spring-time have lost.
German
Nature hangs out her sign everywhere.
German
One cannot keep peace longer than his neighbour will let him.
German
I will not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion.
German